Nishan to officiate National Jr Hockey meet
Bhubaneswar: National repute Umpire of Odisha’s Nishan Jyoti Mohanty has been selected by Hockey India to officiate as an umpire in the 5th Hockey India Junior National Championship (A Division) 2015 to be held at Mysore, Karnataka form April 14 to 22. Bhubaneshwar based Nishan is working at East Cost Railway he is an excellent Umpire. Hockey Odisha secretary Pratap Satapathy congratulated Nishan.
8 Odisha athletes to join National Youth meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s eight junior athletes will be participating in the 12th National Youth (Under-18) Athletic Championship-2015 to be held at Goa from April 16 to 18. The Odisha team consisting of six girls and two boys athletes are participating in the meet and will leave from Cuttack on Tuesday. Binkash Barwa (400 Mtr Hurdles), Kamakshya Prasad Nayak (both boys, 200 Mtr Run), Sanjukta Mallick ( 100, 200 Mtr Run), Tapati Sahoo (100, 200 Mtr Run), Samsad Ara Begum (3000 Mtr Run), Salmi Kispotta ( Discus), Carmela Barla (Javelin), Jasmi Kisku (all girls, Heptathlon).
PM Academy win in PVR Murthy Cricket
Bhubaneswar: The all round performance by Y Sudeep of PM Academy guided the team into the quarterfinals by defeating Ranihat High School by three wickets in the 10th PVR Murthy Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament at BOSE Engineering Ground in Cuttack on Monday. Winning the toss, PM Academy elected to field first, Ranihat scored 125 runs in 24.1 overs. Sabir Hussain of Academy scalped four wickets by giving 16 runs. Hismates Y Sudeep and Chandra Shekhar Sahoo bagged two wickets each and restricted Ranihat for 125 runs. In reply, Y Sudeep smashed 46 runs and the team reached the winning target for the loss of seven wickets in 23.3 overs. Anil Giri awarded the man of the match award to Y Sudeep. Tapan Behera and Abhijit Behera conducted the match as umpire. On Tuesday, New Stewart School would meet Railway Settlement School.
Brief Score: Ranihat High School 125/10 in 24.1 overs (Sridhar Mallick 44, Biswaranjan Rout 22; Sabir Hussain 4/16, Chandra Sekhar Sahoo 2/23, Y Sudeep 2/31) lost to PM Academy School 126/7 in 23.3 overs (Y Sudeep 46, Chandra Shekhar Sahoo 22, Gyana Ranjan Behera 20) by 3 wickets.
Sahid Sporting enter Mohapatra Cricket semis
Bhubaneswar: Rakesh Pattnaik of Sahid Sporting Club smashed 131 runs in 95 balls and bagged three wickets by giving only 14 runs and the team barged into the semifinals by defeating Union Sporting Club by massive 142 runs in the Pradipta Mohapatra Memorial Inter Club Cricket Tournament in Cuttack on Monday. Winning the toss Sahid Sporting elected to bat first, Rakesh Pattnaik smashed 16 fours and five sixes and scored 131 runs. Rashmi Ranjan Parida and Priyatam Bharatiya scored 52 and 40 runs respectively and Sahid Sporting reached 275 runs in 40 overs by losing four wickets.In reply, once again Rakesh dominated the Union Sporting with balls and scalped three wickets. Sayum Singh and Kirti Ranjan Bhuiyan bagged three and two wickets respectively and bundle out Union Sporting innings for 133 runs in 31 overs. Biswabharati Cricket Club treasure Susanta Mohanty gave away the man of the match award to Rakesh Mohanty. Juvenile Club would meet Rising Student on Tuesday. Brief Score: Saheed Sporting Club 275/4 in 40 overs (Rakesh Pattnaik 131, Rashmi Ranjan Parida 52, Priyatam Bharatiya 40, Bibhudutta Panda 32; Deepak Kanungo 2/44) beat Union Sporting Club 133/10 in 31 overs (Niranjan Behera 39, Rohit Gahan 22; Rakesh Pattnaik 3/14, Sayum Singh 3/41, Kirti Ranjan Bhuiyan 2/23) by 142 runs.
Rakesh Nayak win State Senior Chess
Bhubaneswar: Rakesh Kumar Nayak of Khurda scored 7.5 points by end of ninth round and emerged champion of the laxmi Priya Mohapatra, 56th Odisha State Senior FIDE Rating Chess Championship - 2015, concluded at Conference Hall, Gopabandhu Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya in Puri on Sunday, being organized by District Chess Association of Puri (DCAP). Champion Rakesh Kumar Nayak received Rs10,000. FM Rakesh Kumar Jena of Jajpur, Baivab Mishra of Puri and FM Soumyaranjan Mishra scored 7.5 points each and finished 2nd,3rd and 4th and received Rs7,000, Rs5,000 and Rs3,000 respectively. Top 4 players will represent the State in forthcoming Challenger will be held at Uttar Pradesh from August 2 to 12 and top 2 will represent Odisha in forthcoming National Rapid & Blitz Championship - 2015, to be held at Rourkela from April 25 to 29. AOCA secretary Vivek Kumar Tibarewal distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of Ramesh Chandra Mohapatra, (Title Sponsor) son of late laxmi Priya Mohapatra, DCAP president Pradyumna Mishra, joint secretary Manoj Kumar Panigrahi and secretary Subhash Chandra Sahoo.